Commensurate and incommensurate spin-density waves and the superconductivity dome in heavy electron systems

P. Schlottmann
Phys. Rev. B 92, 045115 – Published 16 July 2015

Abstract

The nesting of the Fermi surfaces of an electron and a hole pocket separated by a nesting vector Q and the interaction between electrons gives rise to itinerant antiferromagnetism. The order can gradually be suppressed by mismatching the nesting and a quantum critical point is obtained as the Néel temperature tends to zero. If the vector Q is commensurate with the lattice (umklapp with Q=G/2), pairs of electrons can be transferred between the pockets and a superconducting dome above the quantum critical point may arise. If the vector Q is not commensurate with the lattice, there are eight phases that need to be considered: commensurate and incommensurate spin and charge density waves and four superconductivity phases, two of them with a modulated order parameter of the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) type. The renormalization group equations are studied and numerically integrated. The phase diagram is obtained as a function of the mismatch of the Fermi surfaces and the magnitude of |QG/2|.

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  • Received 31 March 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.045115

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. Schlottmann

  • Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA

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Vol. 92, Iss. 4 — 15 July 2015

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